The Town of Bronson will be holding a special election March 10, in part, to determine who will fill Town Council seat No. 2, which was left vacant by Council Member Berlon Weeks a few months ago. Weeks resigned to pursue other business interests.

Several local candidates stepped forward to fill the position when, initially, the town council considered appointing someone to the position. It was later decided a candidate should be chosen by voters.

Peace Lutheran Church will host its 24th annual Potato Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 17. Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Donations requested will be $6 for adults, $3 for children 5 through 11; there is no charge for children under the age of 5. Tickets will be available at the door . Tickets may also be purchased in advance from members, and at the Peace Lutheran booth at the Dunnellon First Saturday event on Feb. 7.

The Friends of Williston Trust will host a firearms training courses for seekers of a Concealed Firearms License Feb. 28 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The course consists of four hours of classroom training and four hours of range experience. Instructors will be law enforcement and/or NRA certified trainers. The cost of the class is $70 per person. Class size will be held to a maximum of 16 students. Two signup sheets will be held at the police department and slots will be held on a first come / first served basis. Payment is required to hold your spot.

At about noon Jan. 4, the Levy County 9-1-1 Communications Center received a call reporting a motor vehicle accident involving a rollover with entrapment of the vehicle’s driver on S.R.121, near County Line Road.

On scene, rescue personnel found a small car on its roof resting unstable on top of a power pole that was broken in half. Members worked together to quickly stabilize the vehicle and assess all occupants of the vehicle. Air support was requested.

An Army Reserve unit that goes into areas after combat or natural disasters to help reestablish civil government is coming to Bronson and Cedar Key this weekend for a training exercise.

And while a media release says this is a way of sharpening weekend warrior’s skills for when they are deployed to places like war torn Bagdad or Sierra Leone during the ebola outbreak, at least one Cedar Key city commissioner sees a more sinister plan at work.

Each year 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) are sickened by foodborne diseases and of that number 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Everyone has probably heard of the massive food recalls of tainted food.

But what few know is that Congress passed a law that President Barak Obama signed into law empowering the Food and Drug Administration, among other agencies, to implement ways to prevent foodborne illnesses.